---
type: "Bill"
title: "ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction Task Force Recommendations Heart Attack Care"
description: "In 2013, the general assembly enacted SB 13-225, which established a task force in the department of public health and environment (department) to study and make recommendations for developing a statewide plan to improve quality of care to STEMI heart attack patients. ('STEMI' is an acronym for ST-elevation myocardial infarctions.) The study was to explore, among other things, the creation of a database for collecting data on STEMI care and access to aggregated STEMI data from the database for purposes of improving STEMI heart attack care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "HB 17-1246"
citation: "Colorado HB 17-1246 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jack Tate", "Leroy Garcia", "Tracy Kraft-Tharp"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-03-09T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f877d66-ebdf-4c25-9181-1d1c36792718"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1246"
source_hash: "2d982d921b42fb1a4efda044f87652d5e28d39de8e357f0d0873f9a2ae8e1ecd"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
---

# Colorado HB 17-1246 (2017A) — ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction Task Force Recommendations Heart Attack Care

In 2013, the general assembly enacted SB 13-225, which established a task force in the department of public health and environment (department) to study and make recommendations for developing a statewide plan to improve quality of care to STEMI heart attack patients. ('STEMI' is an acronym for ST-elevation myocardial infarctions.) The study was to explore, among other things, the creation of a database for collecting data on STEMI care and access to aggregated STEMI data from the database for purposes of improving STEMI heart attack care.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment L.001** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/h_hie_2017a_20170321t110926z0__hearing_summary/170321%20AttachA.pdf)
2. **Amendment L.003** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/s_hhs_2017a_20170419t111241z0__hearing_summary/170419%20AttachA.pdf)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017a/bills/cr/2017A_HB1246_S_HHS_001.pdf)
4. **Engrossed (03/24/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1246_eng.pdf)
5. **Final Act (05/18/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1246_enr.pdf)
6. **Introduced (03/09/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1246_01.pdf)
7. **PA1 (03/22/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1246hie_01.pdf)
8. **PA2 (04/20/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1246shhs_01.pdf)
9. **Reengrossed (03/27/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1246_ren.pdf)
10. **Rerevised (04/25/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1246_rer.pdf)
11. **Revised (04/24/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1246_rev.pdf)
12. **Signed Act (05/18/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1246_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer House Bill 17-1246, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 4-1. — **4–1** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1246, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 7-2. — **7–2** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment A). The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment A) to House Bill 17-1246. The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Jack Tate — primary (person)
- Leroy Garcia — primary (person)
- Tracy Kraft-Tharp — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2017-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2017-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2017-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2017-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2017-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health, Insurance, & Environment Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health, Insurance, & Environment `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f877d66-ebdf-4c25-9181-1d1c36792718`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).